RESEARCH
AREAS
Applied
and Computational Mathematics, Computational Fluid Dynamics and
Rheology of
Complex Fluids (Soft Matter), Kinetic Theory, Continuum Mechanics Theory, Modeling and Computation of
Biomaterials and Biofluids, Cellular Dynamics, and Drug Transport, Materials Science
EDUCATION
Ph.D, Mathematics,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991
MS, Mathematics, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1988
BS, Mathematics,
Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China, 1982
PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYMENT
2008-Present, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina
2003-2009, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
2004-2007, Director of Applied and Computational Mathematics Program, Florida State University (FSU)
2001-2003,
Associate
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
1/1999-5/1999, Visiting
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of
North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
1991-2001,
Assistant
Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana
University-Purdue
University Indianapolis
1/1990-4/1990, Research Associate, CNLS, Los Alamos National Lab
OTHER APPOINTMENT
2008-Present, Nanoscale Theory, Modeling and Simulation Thrust Leader, University of South Carolina
2005-2010, S. S. Chern Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China
2010-2013, Changjiang Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China